Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Wanting to build 295 F-16 BDU green splinter. Looking at pictures of the real thing it looks pretty clear that the markings are in reverse camo, mostly brown and some black. But looking at 2B decals, the markings are all in gray and some black on the sheet artwork. Anyone have the sheet and can confirm that? Are there any other options for building this with the brown markings color? http://www.twobobs.net/contents/en-us/p713_48-262-F-16C-Alaskan-Splinters-Part-II.html https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/14949/alaskan-aggressor-f-16-emerges-in-awesome-forest-green-splinter-camouflage%3Fsource%3Ddam?source=images Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 8 hours ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: Wanting to build 295 F-16 BDU green splinter. Looking at pictures of the real thing it looks pretty clear that the markings are in reverse camo, mostly brown and some black. But looking at 2B decals, the markings are all in gray and some black on the sheet artwork. Anyone have the sheet and can confirm that? Are there any other options for building this with the brown markings color? http://www.twobobs.net/contents/en-us/p713_48-262-F-16C-Alaskan-Splinters-Part-II.html https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/thedrive/the-war-zone/14949/alaskan-aggressor-f-16-emerges-in-awesome-forest-green-splinter-camouflage%3Fsource%3Ddam?source=images Hey Brian, I've got the decals in front of me and the markings for the BDU Splinter scheme have a brown tint to them, not gray. There are gray markings for the Artic Splinter Scheme, but the ones for the BDU Viper look brownish to me. I got the FS color guide out and the color that comes very, very close is FS 20095 if that helps. Let me know if you need anything else. Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Thats really good news. Any chance you can snap a pic of it so I can see?... the online images are pretty clearly gray. Thanks! renegades24@hotmail.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I just ordered those decals the other day for that same Viper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Brian P: Fightertown Decals said: Thats really good news. Any chance you can snap a pic of it so I can see?... the online images are pretty clearly gray. Thanks! renegades24@hotmail.com Images on the way! Let me know if you need anything else! Edited April 27, 2018 by ORANGF15Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Camus272 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 They definitely aren't straight gray. It's a gray-green drab color, but it doesn't seem as tan as the photo. It will be interesting to see how they come out when applied. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I have mine here, and they are mix of tan and gray, but they go more into the tan tone Jorge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 On the real jet they all look to be 30140 tan/brown. Hopefully they match up when used... I'd post a picture but photobucket won't show anymore for me. Thanks brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I'd like to see the real plane if anyone can share. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 2 hours ago, Whiskey said: I'd like to see the real plane if anyone can share. Hey Whiskey, If you google....F-16 BDU Splinter Camo it pulls up a couple of shots in the image tab. Not the best pics but you will get a feel for what the camo looks like! Hope that helps! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Well i just finished the vertical tail on my BDU, and for the first time 2Bobs screw it big, the tan color on the decals is way off, darker and grayish that the tan color on the aircraf, and they are out of registry, managed to fix some of the white lines on the edge of the letters, but others will show, i have 2 closeup pictures of this bird, i will post it later Jorge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 2018-04-30 at 4:59 AM, oppenheimerj said: Well i just finished the vertical tail on my BDU, and for the first time 2Bobs screw it big, the tan color on the decals is way off, darker and grayish that the tan color on the aircraf, and they are out of registry, managed to fix some of the white lines on the edge of the letters, but others will show, i have 2 closeup pictures of this bird, i will post it later Jorge This would also depend on which tan you painted. 2 Bobs May have the tan correct, but it didn’t match the paint brand you used. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 (edited) I spoke with 2 bobs and they told me the maker of the decals use pantone colors and not FS colors, so they try to match to closest one, i used MRP paint eith the code that 2 bobs provided, and is the same brown as the airplane in the pictures i have Jorge Edited May 1, 2018 by oppenheimerj Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, oppenheimerj said: I spoke with 2 bobs and they told me the maker of the decals use pantone colors and not FS colors, so they try to match to closest one, i used MRP paint eith the code that 2 bobs provided, and is the same brown as the airplane in the pictures i have Jorge So......are the decals the wrong color? They are much too dark using the paint call out colors for the jet on the decals info sheet. And if you look at the pictures on the internet of the real thing the markings look much lighter! Inquiring minds want to know! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 here is the tail with decals on and here is the real one, the letters and data are the same color as the camo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 33 minutes ago, oppenheimerj said: here is the tail with decals on and here is the real one, the letters and data are the same color as the camo That's what I was worried about......Have you made Two Bob's aware of this? I wonder if they will issue an update to make things right? It also looks like there is some registry issues as well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 That's what I was afraid of... Bobs Pantone colors rarely match up to Fs colors. Funny thing is Microscale can and does print Fs colors all the time. We've done it with them and cartograf for years. Really necessary when you have reverse camo colors. Oh well, I'll wait for someone else to make these markings. Fights On, Furball, Bullseye?... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Wow...that is not even close! I hope Twobobs fixes this. I really want to build the BDU Viper too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Well s#*$! guess I'll send mine back to them when they arrive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 2 hours ago, oppenheimerj said: I spoke with 2 bobs and they told me the maker of the decals use pantone colors and not FS colors, so they try to match to closest one, i used MRP paint eith the code that 2 bobs provided, and is the same brown as the airplane in the pictures i have Jorge Wow, I was going to buy that sheet, not anymore. Well it may still be good for the blue splinter. As you mentioned though, the markings are also out of register. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 The thing is, the only one ever produced the splinter falcons is 2bobs, so if i want the BDU on my collection i will have to live with this ones, this will be my 3erd splinter falcon And my BDU is 70% done Jorge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ORANGF15Guy Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 Hey Fellas, I just emailed Bob at Two Bob's and got the auto reply saying that he will be out from 4/28 through 5/13. I also told him that it appeared that there was a problem with the BDU Splinter markings being two dark and directed him to this thread.....so we will see what happens! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oppenheimerj Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 4 minutes ago, ORANGF15Guy said: Hey Fellas, I just emailed Bob at Two Bob's and got the auto reply saying that he will be out from 4/28 through 5/13. I also told him that it appeared that there was a problem with the BDU Splinter markings being two dark and directed him to this thread.....so we will see what happens! I spoke with them over Facebook messenger and he told me he can’t do anithing about the color, he was willing to send me a replacement set for the registry problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 It would be really cool to just get an insert printed of the fs30140 pieces... I know I've had to do that a few times. Sucks and it's painful but it makes the decals usable. I really want to build this jet! brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brian P: Fightertown Decals Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 Well, the black temporary version of it is pretty bada$$. I may just have to do that one in the meantime. -brian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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